Visualise Your Knowledge in the Knowledge Graph

Studying often feels like navigating a maze in the dark, you know you have covered the material, but you don't always know where your weak points are until you take the exam.

The Knowledge Graph in acemate turns the lights on. It provides a real-time, bird's-eye view of your entire study landscape, instantly answering two critical questions:

1. Where are my blind spots? (What have I missed?)

2. Where am I weak? (What do I need to practice more?)

Instead of reviewing a static list of files, you interact with a living map of your knowledge. If a topic is glowing Green, you have mastered it. If it is Red, you are at risk. This allows you to study strategically, spending less time on what you already know and focusing entirely on turning those red nodes green.

What actually is a Mind Map?

In practice, the Mind Map is a direct visual translation of your file directory, drilled down to the smallest detail. It connects:

1. Folders (e.g., "Physics I")

2. Lectures inside those folders (e.g., "Thermodynamics.pdf")

3. Topics extracted from those lectures (e.g., "Entropy", "Heat Transfer")

How Color is Calculated

The color of any node is not random. It represents your Average Performance. Every time you take a quiz or complete a flashcard deck, Acemate updates the score for that specific topic.

• Performance: The average score of all exercises linked to that topic.

• Intensity: The brightness of the node indicates how active you have been in that area.

How to Access the Graph

You can view your knowledge graph at three different levels of granularity:

1. The Global View: Click "Mind Maps" in the main sidebar. This shows your entire workspace (every subject you are studying).

2. The Folder View: While browsing a specific folder (e.g., "European History"), the map will automatically generate a view limited to just that subject.

3. The Lecture View: Inside a specific document, click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the toolbar and select "Visualize knowledge map" to see the connection of topics within just that one file.

Navigating Your Knowledge

Moving through your Mind Map is intuitive, but there are powerful tools for "Power Users" to navigate deep hierarchies quickly.

1. Drilling Down (The Side Panel) When you select a broad folder node, like "Contract Law," the Side Panel on the right opens.

• This panel lists all the lectures contained within that folder (e.g., "Offer and Acceptance", "Consideration").

• Pro Tip: You don't have to hunt for nodes on the canvas. Simply click a file name in the Side Panel list, and the Mind Map will automatically zoom in and center on that specific node.

2. Going Back (Breadcrumbs) If you have drilled down deep into a sub-topic for example,

All > Biology > Cell Structure > Mitochondria and want to jump back to the main view:

• Look at the top-left of the Mind Map canvas.

• Use the Breadcrumb trail (e.g., click "All" or "Biology") to instantly zoom out to a higher level.

3. The Canvas Controls

• Zoom & Pan: Scroll to zoom in/out, or click and drag the background to move.

• Re-Center: Lost in the map? Click the Target Icon in the bottom left to snap the view back to the center.
  
  There are three primary ways to access your Mind Maps, depending on where you are in the app:

If you are reading a specific document or lecture note and want to see how its topics connect:

• Open the document (e.g., "Test File 02").

• Click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top right corner of the toolbar.

• Select "Visualize knowledge map".

• This will instantly generate a map specifically for that document.

• You can even click on the Graph button on the toolbar at the top (“✨ AI Actions” button on small screens).